27.2% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Burnside - Wattle Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Burnside - Wattle Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Burnside - Wattle Park now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen 4.8 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area well above the national average. While English remains the most common language, the community has become more linguistically diverse over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 27.2% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the 22.3% national figure. The most common non-English languages are Mandarin (8%), Italian (2.7%), Cantonese (2.3%), and Greek (1.6%). Meanwhile, 3.1% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
3.1% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Burnside - Wattle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401031011/burnside-wattle-park/topic/language